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Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock

Healthcare · Biotechnology

$4.96

Down-$0.08 (-1.59%)

Updated Oct 8, 2026, 6:39 AM

SID Score

2.8/10

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Market cap
271.95M
P/E ratio
-5.56
Dividend yield
0.00%
52-week range
$3.35 – $17.94
Volume
212.13K
Avg. volume
188.95K

Price performance · AARD

AARD price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 7, 2026

AARD closed at $4.96 after 21 trading sessions, up 0.81% for the selected period.

Last close
$4.96
Period change
+0.81%
Period low
$4.92
Period high
$5.75
Daily close
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AARD OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 7, 2026$4.95$5.33$4.69$4.96212.13K
Oct 6, 2026$5.28$5.45$4.66$5.04251.86K
Oct 5, 2026$5.03$5.37$5.03$5.2262.25K
Oct 2, 2026$5.37$5.66$4.88$4.99147.7K
Oct 1, 2026$5.29$5.42$5.13$5.2747.84K
Sep 30, 2026$5.42$5.5238$5.27$5.2728.12K
Sep 29, 2026$5.21$5.39$5.0021$5.3539.9K
Sep 28, 2026$5.05$5.32$4.96$5.2760.65K
Sep 25, 2026$5.57$5.60$5.02$5.0671.47K
Sep 24, 2026$5.55$5.69$5.325$5.5596.09K
Sep 23, 2026$5.74$5.74$5.415$5.5654.84K
Sep 22, 2026$5.51$5.84$5.50$5.75101.32K
Sep 21, 2026$5.44$5.575$5.3401$5.57110.29K
Sep 18, 2026$5.44$5.59$5.19$5.38129.81K
Sep 17, 2026$5.32$5.77$5.19$5.53258.08K
Sep 16, 2026$5.04$5.29$4.93$5.1547.91K
Sep 15, 2026$5.47$5.545$5.01$5.0264.15K
Sep 14, 2026$4.90$5.88$4.80$5.55216.86K
Sep 11, 2026$5.11$5.54$4.975$5.13276.57K
Sep 10, 2026$4.87$5.015$4.54$5.01209.38K
Sep 9, 2026$5.33$5.456$4.895$4.92109.95K

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Overview

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Company profile

Aardvark Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel, small-molecule therapeutics to activate innate homeostatic pathways for the treatment of metabolic diseases. It is focused on on developing selective compounds, targeting Bitter Taste Receptors (TAS2Rs) for hunger-associated conditions. Its product candidate, ARD-101, is an oral gut-restricted small-molecule agonist of certain TAS2Rs expressed in the gut lumen for which have initiated a Phase 3 clinical trial for hyperphagia associated with PWS.

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Average target
$21.00
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AARD recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Sep 24, 2026RBC CapitalSector Perform—
Jul 20, 2026HC Wainwright & Co.Neutral—
May 15, 2026Morgan StanleyUnderweight—
May 15, 2026B. Riley SecuritiesBuy—
May 15, 2026BTIGNeutral—
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